Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of students enrolled in the first year in higher education at the beginning of 2020-21 academic year; and the way it compares to the same figure for the 2019-20 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3356/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is not available at present. The Higher Education Authority, who collect this data from the higher education institutions, have advised that the breakdown of students, by year of study, for the 2019/2020 academic year is expected to be available in a number of weeks. The collection of the data for the 2020/2021 academic year has yet to begin, and would not be available until the end of 2021 at the earliest.